Hmmm mebbe,but they did summat differant wi'it as the screen is differant.(And not interchangable)

Considerably lighter and more powerfull than yow!
(Harry Enfeild,......ask yer dad!)

Not just a jiggle on the figures then........again?

Do people still buy MCN?

:lol:

Not many, £1.80 and fewer pages by the week. I'm sure it going down. Rarely buy it myself whereas i used to every week.
Allways preferred "Motorcycle Weekly" anyway.

[quote=Gizmo]Sorry, grabbed 2 very worthy points from your post.

Thats the first time I've seen anyone mention the 2 different shape 999's, like you I prefer the first sleeker, lower narrow faired version, the 05 on was a watered down look with "better" ergonomics but it does appeal to more people.

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Same here.I have an 04 model and really like the twin vents in the front and the sleeker front fairing,though the new model in black looks good as the colour makes it looks smaller and the lack of vents less noticeable.

Following the 916 was going to be as hard as U2's follow up to the Joshua Tree. The 999/749 may not look as good as a 916,in sme peoples eyes, but it widely considered a better bike to ride, and IMHO still much better looking than pretty much every other current sports bike out there save the MV Augusta, and maybe Triumph Daytona 675.

900Man, I too would like to know the source of your info !!! Understand if it is all supposedly "off the record" but a clue as to it's origins would be nice, as we hear so many so called notions of what the new bike will be like and if this information were to have come from an official source then we can at least concentrate less on the mechanical changes and ponder more on the much awaited looks of the bike, which arguably will make or break future sales and sway many of us back onto the bigger superbikes. (I am surprised at the displacement though when much was made of making the new bike a 1200 - 1198cc. Doubtless this will mean in 2008, the factory will release an 1198 version and we all jump on the merry go round again, just as was the case with the 916 to 998 leap)

I had a string of 748's, 998s and 999S's but currently ride the Monster S4RS. I'm just waiting to see how the new bike shapes up, if I am going to switch back to more familiar territory.

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Pricing quoted by 900 Man seems favourable (optimistic). You sure these are right, given the cost of the 999 range at present (£9 - 20K)?

Prices given in US Dollars as:

$14,995 - 1098 Base: 160hp/80+tq
$19,995 - 1098S: adds carbon bits and Ohlins suspension pieces
$24,995 - 1098 Tri-Colore: adds race exhaust in the crate, red/white/green three-color paint

A quick conversion results in the following:

1098 base model: £7914.93
1098S: £10552.00
1098R Tricolore: £13195.00

If correct these are 'kin cheap by comparison. Methinks you mean Euros and not US dollars IMHO.

In euros the prices seem more in line with what we might expect

1098 base model: £10131.00
1098S: £13500.00
1098R Tricolore: £16889.00

Even so the "R" version seems priced way down from the norm. I think around €30,000 seems more on the money.

Just a thought mind.

Prices are in dollars, but the US have always had their auto's etc at prices us brits would kill for.
The source was from someone in the US who's an MV owner who happened to be in his dealer (also ducati) and gave him the info on a confidential basis after he's just got back from a dealer meeting in Salt lake city.

I'm sure more will come out in due course.